Improvement in gages for weather-boards



J. ALLISON.

1 Gage for Weather-Boards.

' No. 216,252. Patented June 10, 1879.

WIT /S S Q 2 lW NT R W I A PATENT. QFFIGE.

JOSEPH ALLISON, or DANVILLE, INDIA A.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAGES FOR WEATHER-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,252, dated June 10, 1879; application filed March 3, 1879.

' combination of elements, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the front and one side of my improved gage. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the back and other side of the same.

A represents the lower part of the gage, having its front face, perfectly flat, and provided with an upw'ard-projectin g wedge part, D, adapted to be inserted between two boards that have already been secured to the building, the gage being shoved up until the bottom of the recess E strikes the lower edge of the upper board at the rear of the recess E. The part F extends upward from the part A, and is provided with a horizontal recess or slot between two lugs, G G, in which operates an eccentric knife, H, having a handle, H. Said knife H is drawn inside of the slot formed near the base of the part F as the handle H is moved into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, so as not to interfere with the adjustments of the part D under the last board secured to the building; but when the gage has been adjusted, then, by moving the handle H into the position shown in Fig. 1, the knife H is forced into the board that is in the notch E, and prevents the gage from slipping or moving down. To the upper rear part of the upright part, F, is secured an angleplate, I I, by means of a thumb-screw, K. Said angle-plate is made adjustable up or down by means of the slot J and said thumb-screw, the upper part, P, forming a bracket to support the next board to be secured to the building,'the widthof the board to be exposed to the weather being determined by the distance above the bottom of the recess E to the top P of the bracket I.

The upper arm, I, of the bracket I is also provided with a slot, J, to receive the thumbscrew 122, said thumb-screw entering the part L of the adjustable angle-plate L, "which is designed to form a support and prevent the upper board from falling or turning over while resting on the bracket P.

It frequently occurs that the ends of the weather-boards, near the vertical corner-strips of a building, have to be squared up and sawed to fit, and the bracket L, on the gage located near said corner-strips, is usually set back far enough to admit the board between the an gleplate L and corner-strip, thus allowing the board to be moved, marked, and sawed before nailing, while those gages that are located at a distance from said corner-strips may have the angle-plate L set forward, so as to support the board and hold it in close proximity to the one to which it is to be nailed.

The base part A is provided with a hole, B,

for the purpose of admitting a finger to draw the part D from between two boards.

The operation of my improved gage is as follows, to wit: Two or more gages are employed. The shoulder P of the bracket I is adjustedabove the bottom of the recess E as far as it is required for the boards to be exposed to the weather, and the angle-plate L adjusted back a little more than the thickness of the boards to be nailed to the buildiu g.

The thin parts D are then inserted between the first two lower boards which have been nailed, the base of the recess E coming in contact with the bottom of the upper board. The next board is then placed on the bracket P, between the plate L and building, thus sup porting the loose board with its lower edge the required distance above the lower edge of the board below until it is fitted and nailed, after which the operation is repeated.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a weather-board gage, the part A, with recess E, and vertical projecting part D, and vertical projecting part F, having two horibined with the adjustable angleplate I I and I an gle-plate L L, as and for the purpose speci In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH ALLISON.

Witnesses:

E. O. FRINK, WM. PLASTER. 

